Analysts' new coverage for 12/21/2011

Here are today's analysts' upgrades, downgrades and new coverage brought to you by American Banking & Market News:

Analyst Ratings

New Coverage

• Aixtron AG (NASDAQ: AIXG) is now covered by analysts at Needham & Company. The analysts set a "hold" rating on the stock.
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• Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) is now covered by analysts at MKM Partners. The analysts set a "neutral" rating and a $33.00 price target on the stock.
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• A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• American Community Properties Trust (NYSE: APO) is now covered by analysts at Compass Point. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $15.50 price target on the stock.
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• Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) is now covered by analysts at Macquarie. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Augme Tech (NASDAQ: AUGT) is now covered by analysts at Brean Murray. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $3.00 price target on the stock.
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• Augme Tech (NASDAQ: AUGT) is now covered by analysts at Brean Murray Carret & Co.. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $3.00 price target on the stock.
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• Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE: AYI) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $63.00 price target on the stock.
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• NASDAQ (NASDAQ: BEAM) is now covered by analysts at Bank of America. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
• BG Medicine (NASDAQ: BGMD) is now covered by analysts at Ladenburg Thalmann. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $8.25 price target on the stock.
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• Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ: BRCM) is now covered by analysts at MKM Partners. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock.
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• BorgWarner Inc (NYSE: BWA) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Cooper Industries PLC (NYSE: CBE) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $62.00 price target on the stock.
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• Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units representing beneficial interests in the Trust (NASDAQ: CHKR) is now covered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Co.. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units representing beneficial interests in the Trust (NASDAQ: CHKR) is now covered by analysts at Goldman Sachs. The analysts set a "neutral" rating on the stock.
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• Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units representing beneficial interests in the Trust (NASDAQ: CHKR) is now covered by analysts at Raymond James. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• Capstone Turbine Co. (NASDAQ: CPST) is now covered by analysts at Capstone. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Capstone Turbine Co. (NASDAQ: CPST) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $2.00 price target on the stock.
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• Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) is now covered by analysts at Needham & Company. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE: CVH) is now covered by analysts at Susquehanna. The analysts set a "positive" rating on the stock.
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• Delphi Automotive PLC (NASDAQ: DLPH) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "neutral" rating and a $29.00 price target on the stock.
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• Deutsche Telekom (NASDAQ: DTEGY) is now covered by analysts at CLSA. The analysts set an "underperform" rating on the stock.
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• Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK) is now covered by analysts at Dougherty & Co. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK) is now covered by analysts at Dougherty & Co.. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $13.00 price target on the stock.
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• Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) is now covered by analysts at Cowen. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) is now covered by analysts at Macquarie. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Ford (NYSE: F) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $18.00 price target on the stock.
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• Fuel Systems Solutions (NASDAQ: FSYS) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• General Motors (NYSE: GM) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $36.00 price target on the stock.
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• Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) is now covered by analysts at Johnson Rice. The analysts set an "overweight" rating on the stock.
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• Hubbell Inc B (NASDAQ: HUB.B) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• Hubbell Inc (NASDAQ: HUB-B) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is now covered by analysts at Capstone. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $40.00 price target on the stock.
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• Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "neutral" rating and a $36.00 price target on the stock.
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• Lear Co. (NYSE: LEA) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "neutral" rating on the stock.
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• Lance, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCE) is now covered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at Robert W. Baird. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $23.00 price target on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at RBC Capital. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Co.. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at Oppenheimer. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $24.00 price target on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at Citigroup. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at Raymond James. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Lrr Energy L.P. (NYSE: LRE) is now covered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $20.00 price target on the stock.
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• Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) is now covered by analysts at Cowen. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Medidata Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDSO) is now covered by analysts at Morgan Keegan. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $28.00 price target on the stock.
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• AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NASDAQ: MITT) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "neutral" rating on the stock.
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• Meritor (NASDAQ: MTOR) is now covered by analysts at UBS AG. The analysts set a "neutral" rating on the stock.
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• Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) is now covered by analysts at RBC Capital. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR) is now covered by analysts at Johnson Rice. The analysts set an "overweight" rating on the stock.
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• Enduro Royalty Trust (NASDAQ: NDRO) is now covered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus. The analysts set a "hold" rating on the stock.
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• Newlink Genetics Cor (NASDAQ: NLNK) is now covered by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Newlink Genetics Cor (NASDAQ: NLNK) is now covered by analysts at Canaccord Genuity. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $11.00 price target on the stock.
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• Newlink Genetics Cor (NASDAQ: NLNK) is now covered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $16.00 price target on the stock.
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• Newlink Genetics Cor (NASDAQ: NLNK) is now covered by analysts at Robert W. Baird. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $10.00 price target on the stock.
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• Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ: OESX) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $5.00 price target on the stock.
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• Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (NYSE: OESX) is now covered by analysts at Capstone. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Pacific Drilling S (NASDAQ: PACD) is now covered by analysts at Morgan Stanley. The analysts set an "overweight" rating on the stock.
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• Pacific Drilling S (NASDAQ: PACD) is now covered by analysts at Deutsche Bank. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $11.00 price target on the stock.
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• Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY) is now covered by analysts at Benchmark Co.. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $14.00 price target on the stock.
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• Regal Beloit (NYSE: RBC) is now covered by analysts at RBC Capital. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $64.00 price target on the stock.
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• Regal Beloit (NYSE: RBC) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $64.00 price target on the stock.
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• RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) is now covered by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Rogers Co. (NYSE: ROG) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $53.00 price target on the stock.
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• Realpage Inc (NYSE: RP) is now covered by analysts at Barrington Research. The analysts set an "outperform" rating and a $32.00 price target on the stock.
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• Smart Balance Inc (NASDAQ: SMBL) is now covered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets. The analysts set a "market perform" rating on the stock.
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• TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW) is now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) is now covered by analysts at Macquarie. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) is now covered by analysts at Needham & Company. The analysts set a "hold" rating on the stock.
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• Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSE: VNR) is now covered by analysts at Wunderlich. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $33.00 price target on the stock.
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• Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSE: VNR) is now covered by analysts at Wunderlich Securities. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $33.00 price target on the stock.
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• Virtusa Co. (NASDAQ: VRTU) is now covered by analysts at BB&T. The analysts set a "hold" rating on the stock.
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• Westport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts set an "outperform" rating on the stock.
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• Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is now covered by analysts at MKM Partners. The analysts set a "neutral" rating and a $29.00 price target on the stock.
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• Xylem (NYSE: XYL) is now covered by analysts at Canaccord Genuity. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $30.00 price target on the stock.
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• Xylem (NYSE: XYL) is now covered by analysts at Ladenburg Thalmann. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Zalicus Inc (NASDAQ: ZLCS) is now covered by analysts at McNicoll Lewis & Vlak. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock.
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• Zalicus Inc (NASDAQ: ZLCS) is now covered by analysts at MLV & Co. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $4.00 price target on the stock.
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